My son’s partner Jenna had a dream last month. In her dream, My mother-in-law Virginia is dead. Jenna wipes Virginia’s face with a warm wet cloth and Virginia’s eyes pop open. Alive! Jenna is upset because Virginia is old and suffering, but mostly she’s upset for me, Virginia’s exhausted caregiver. A powerful dream voice says, […]

I felt compelled to go. I wasn’t sure why. A friend had invited me to a weekend workshop on the Black Madonna led by Jungian analyst and writer Marion Woodman. In 1988, I had a few of Marion’s books, but hadn’t read much. On Friday evening, I found a back row seat in a semi-circle […]

Birds make great sky-circles of their freedom. How do they learn it? They fall, and falling, they’re given wings. ―Rumi. In April, the female claimed the nesting box closest to my house, just down the driveway where it turns toward the barn. Her brilliant blue partner had guarded two boxes for a month, chasing tree […]

“Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within  yourself that have been built against it.” ~Rumi On June 3, I’ll create a ritual of remembrance for my husband Vic who died in 2008. It’s something I do every year. “Aren’t you done with that by […]

I asked my mother-in-law’s doctor to order a palliative care consultation when we saw him a few weeks ago. Our local Hospicare has a program called PATH (Personal Attention to Health). I was desperate for help and advice. Her doctor said yes. Virginia was drowsy and couldn’t stay awake on consultation morning. She’s spent more time like that the last month, […]

“This much I know. Everything leads to You.” Deborah Gregory, “In Full Flower” from A Liberated Sheep in a Post Shepherd World *** You were in my dream last night, healthy, waving from across the room. I reached out before you disappeared. After nine years, you still appear in inner night worlds. Not with wild […]